The Labor Department on Tuesday said it was proposing moving the compliance date on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s ‘Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses’ rule from July 1, 2017, to Dec. 1, 2017. The proposed delay will allow OSHA an opportunity to further review and consider the rule.
The agency published the final rule on May 12, 2016, and has determined that a further delay of the compliance date is appropriate for the purpose of additional review into questions of law and policy. The delay will also allow OSHA to provide employers the same four-month window for submitting data that the original rule would have provided.
The rule would require prompt electronic reporting of work-related injuries and illnesses.
